Folding instructions for a poinsettia
Making paper poinsettias is a great activity for the whole family. Even children can make paper stars with simple folding instructions.
What you need:
- Craft paper or wrapping paper
- scissors
- Glue
- ruler
Technique and choice of paper for a poinsettia
There are very different techniques to get around Stars to make out of paper. The manufacturing technology and the paper must match.
- If you want to weave a poinsettia from strips of paper, you need sturdy, smooth paper. Rough paper will tear if you weave the strips. A Froebel star works best when you make it out of foil. Rule of thumb: A strip 20 centimeters high should not bend over when you hold it vertically in your hand.
- Origami stars are only made by folding paper. This technique is complicated and what an expert. The paper should be firm and not smooth. Smooth paper slips easily when folded. Depending on the size of the arches, it has a surface weight of 60 to 80 grams. A folder or a ruler is recommended as an aid when folding. Run it over the breaklines to stabilize them.
- Paper stars, which you not only fold, but also glue and cut, are much easier to make. The paper must be firm. The type of surface is not important, it can be both rough and smooth. With this technique, too, it is important to trace the break lines with a tool.
- Folding napkins has little to do with these folding star techniques. The soft material is only suitable for very specific folding techniques. If you want to make decorations out of the material, it is best to use non-woven napkins. They are more tear-resistant than multi-day paper.
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Folding instructions for a simple 3D star
With these folding instructions you have to cut and glue the star at the end. So it's not one origami-Star. The instructions for this are simple and the poinsettia is very decorative.
- You will need a square sheet of origami or wrapping paper. For a beginner, a size of 10 x 10 centimeters is well suited.
- Fold the paper exactly in the middle into a rectangle. Run your fingernail or a ruler over this break line.
- Open the fold. Rotate the paper 90 degrees to fold it in half again as described. Unfold this fold again.
- Now fold the paper over along its diagonal. Open it and fold it over along the other diagonal. Your paper now has four break lines that meet in the middle, as can be seen in picture one.
- Now fold it along one of the diagonals in order to then bend the resulting right-angled triangle along its height to a triangle again. Put this triangle together in the middle as well.
- You have a right triangle with two acute angles. One of the angles is on the last folded break line. Fold this tip, as shown in pictures two and three, to the middle of the opposite side.
- Cut off the protruding triangles marked in red on picture four. Unfold the figure. You have a star with eight rays. If you don't want a 3D star, you are done after this step.
- Fold the star's rays towards the center and back again. You have formed valley folds. Fold the remaining lines into mountain folds.
- Cut one of the mountain folds up to the middle and slide the two triangular fields and the corresponding points of the star over one another. Glue these together with some glue.
- Make a second star according to these folding instructions and glue the two stars on top of each other, point by point.
These stars look very nice made of wrapping paper, colored origami paper and metal foils. They are easy to make and can also be made by children.
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